blk05crew
I like 'em green
We'll see once I get them but both are runners and hard to beat for the price.
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We'll see once I get them but both are runners and hard to beat for the price.
Do all 3400 have wrist pin bearings and cir clips? Mine only has bearings with press fit wrist pin.
Steve
Steve
They are all like yours as are the 3700, 3800, 4000. The pin has to be pressed out. No clips.
Thanks fossil, saw a used one on eBay and it had clips, said was for a 3400
Steve
Steve
Well got cylinder off eBay coming, guy was asking 50, I told him 40 and he took it. Hopefully that and the piston kit will be here next week and I'll get those changed out and get this puppy running right. Both oilers work good so thats good to go.
Steve
Steve
Guess it's off to Home Depot this evening to do some paint matching.
Steve
Steve
Craigwell
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Ok, it's a bit late - but I'm coming back to this one again. I see a solid state number for this saw, 39088 in the IPL you were kind enough to post for me.
Would you know if I can just order that and bolt it on if it was a breaker saw? Change flywheel as well necessary if so?
Thanks,
Jason
From what I have saw on those ipl, it make sense that you could just swap flywheel and coil.
Steve
Steve
Jason,
Have a hard look at the IPL for dashes (-) in the part number area.
The flywheel, crankshaft and cylinder are specific to the points setup and the electronic set up.
That would involve a major change for you on a very common saw.
If you can't find the breaker type coil 530039022 you may be well ahead just to find another 25 series saw or head over to this thread if someone here can't help you.
The made in north america Old Magnesium Swap Meet
http://www.arboristsite.com/communi...north-america-old-magnesium-swap-meet.192591/
yup Tim is correct, the cylinder's have different bosses on them for mounting the solid state coils and points coils.
Craigwell
ArboristSite Operative
You guys are great. Thank you for helping me interpret this properly. Am I right in thinking the solid state coil and the grey nova module might be the best bet for this guy?
If you mean module by solid state where the coil and trigger are in the same coil, you wouldn't want to do that. You would get two signals to fire the plug at different times.
The Nova and other similar modules are made to work with the coil from a points saw. I got a good deal on a saw where the PO added a module to the points saw coil and forgot to disconnect the points. Two signals and it would only run well at idle. After that, it was interesting.
I still think your best route would be to locate a burnt up points saw for cheap and swap the points and coil into yours.
The Nova and other similar modules are made to work with the coil from a points saw. I got a good deal on a saw where the PO added a module to the points saw coil and forgot to disconnect the points. Two signals and it would only run well at idle. After that, it was interesting.
I still think your best route would be to locate a burnt up points saw for cheap and swap the points and coil into yours.
Craigwell
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Thanks Tim,
I think I see a complete coil assembly on fleabay. Checking my clones to see if any are breaker first, but then may pull the trigger.
blk05crew
I like 'em green
Picked up the red Craftsman 3.7 I bought a couple weeks ago on Ebay. Kind of gambled on this one and it ended up being a thin ring saw and P/C look good! Got lucky. Probably gonna need a carb kit and fuel lines, but we'll see.
Well I picked up some gloss Lime Green Green today likt jj showed me so I'm going to give it a try this weekend and see how this 3400 turns out.
blk05crew
I like 'em green
Did you strip it and prime it or you going to spray over the top of the old?
I haven't decided yet, may strip the clutch cover and see how that does. The starter cover I'm going to clean it and tape off decal and see how it does. Then I'll have a good idea how I'm going to do it.
blk05crew
I like 'em green
Cleaned up the Craftsman a bit last night, removed a bunch of carbon and rust from inside the muffler. Pretty clean saw. I think one of the AV mounts might be shot cause the handle moves more than my other saws. Gonna need new fuel lines too, it's kinda rigged weird and I think its leaking air because it will start on choke and race for a few seconds and then shut off. Somebody also put a screw in the spot where the vent line is supposed to go so I'll have to fix that too. Other than that all looks pretty darn good. It's a 1982 model from the date under the plastics.
Craigwell
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Very nice! I see the early Craftsmans didn't have a chain brake... interesting. Or maybe it was only Canadian ones?
blk05crew
I like 'em green
Pretty sure the Craftsmans and Poulans of these models ONLY had chain breaks in Canada but I could be wrong.
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